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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



New-York Historical Society. 



ESTABLISHED 1864. 



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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 1864. 



FIRST CLASS FOR ONE YEAR. 

AUGUSTUS SCHELL, ERASTUS C. BENEDICT, 

BENJAMIN W. BONNEY. 

SECOND CLASS FOR TWO YEARS. 

JOHN ROMEYN BRODHEAD, WILLIAM CHAUNCEY, 

CHARLES P. KIRKLAND. 

THIRD CLASS FOR THREE YEARS. 

GEORGE FOLSOM. GEORGE GIBBS, 

ROBERT L. STUART. 



OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY: 1864. 



FREDERIC DE PEYSTER, President. 

THOMAS DE WITT, D.D., First Vice-President, 

BENJAMIN ROBERT WINTHROP, Second Vice-President. 

GEORGE BANCROFT, LL.D., Foreign Corresponding Secretary. 

SAMUEL OSGOOD, D.D., Domestic Corresponding Secretary. 

ANDREW WARNER, Recording Secretary. 

BENJAMIN H. FIELD, Treasurer. 

GEORGE HENRY MOORE, Librarian. 

[ The Officers of the Society are inembirs^ ex officio, of the Execu- 
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OFFICERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

ELECTED JANUARY I9TH, 1 864. 

AUGUSTUS SCHELL, Chairman. 
GEORGE H. MOORE, Secretary. 



STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE EXECUTIVE 



Finance. 
Mr. Warner, 
" Chauncey, 
The Treasurer. 



COMMITTEE. 

Papers. 
Mr. Winthrop, 
" Benedict, 
" Bonney. 



Library. 
Mr. Folsom, 

" GiBBS, 

The Librarian. 



Publications. 
Mr. Brodhead, 
" Folsom, 
Moore. 



Anniversary. 
Mr. Benedict, 
" Kirkland, 
Dr. Osgood. 



Building. 

Mr. Field, 
" Stuart, 
" Winthrop. 



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RULES. 

Officers. 

I. The Officers of the Executive Committee of the New-York His- 
torical Society shall be a Chairman and Secretary, who shall be elected 
annually by ballot at the first meeting of the Committee after the An- 
nual Meeting of the Society, and shall hold their offices respectively for 
one year, and until others shall be chosen in their places. 

Chairman. 

II. It shall be the duty of the Chairman to preside at all meetings of 
the Committee, to preserve order and decide all questions of order, sub- 
ject to an appeal to the Committee, to appoint all Committees not 
otherwise expressly provided for, and to sign all approved bills, warrants 
or orders in writing, upon the Treasurer. He shall prepare and pre- 
sent all reports to the Society from this Committee, unless otherwise 
specially ordered, and in the month of December in each year shall 
prepare the general report to the Society required by the By-Laws, 
which after approval by the Committee he shall present at the following 
Annual Meeting. 

Secretary. 

III. The Secretary shall have the custody of the Correspondence and 
Records of the Committee. He shall, under the direction of the 
Chairman, give due notice of the time and place of all meetings of 
the Committee, and attend the same. He shall keep fair and accurate 
records of the Proceedings of the Committee. He shall give immedi- 
ate notice to the Officers and all Committees, of all votes, resolves 
and proceedings of the Executive Committee, affecting them or apper- 
taining to their respective duties. He shall certify all official acts and 
proceedings of the Committee. 

Chairman pro tempore. 

IV. In the absence of the Chairman, a Chairman pro tempore may 
be appointed, who shall possess the powers, and perform the duties of 
the Chairman, for the time being. 



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Meetings. 

V. The Executive Committee shall meet statedly for the transaction 
of business at the Library, on the third Tuesday of every month at the 
hour of meeting of the Society, and also on the same evening on which 
the Society shall meet half an hour before the meeting of the Society, 
unless otherwise specially ordered. But the Chairman, or in his ab- 
sence or disability the Secretary, may and upon the written request of 
any two members shall, call a special meeting, giving due notice thereof 
to the members. 

Order of Business. 

VI. At all meetings of the Committee the following shall be the 
Order of business : 

1. Reading and approving the Minutes. 

2. Communications from the Society. 

3. Reports from Standing Committees. 

4. Reports from Special Committees. 

5. Special Orders. 

6. Unfinished Business. 

7. Miscellaneous Business. 

Standing Committees. 

VII. There shall be appointed annually by the Chairman the follow- 
ing Standing Committees, viz : 

1. A Committee of Finance (of which the Treasurer shall be 

a member). 

2. A Committee on Papers. 

3. A Committee on the Library (of which the Librarian shall 

be a member). 

4. A Committee on Publications. 

5. A Committee on the Anniversary. 

6. A Committee on the Building. 

Committee on Finance. 

VIII. It shall be the duty of the Committee of Finance to consider 
and report upon all subjects connected with the finances of the Society^ 
which may be from time to time committed to them by the Executive 
Committee. They shall also examine all bills for account of the So- 
ciety ; and if such bills be found correct, shall report them as examined 
and found correct to the Executive Committee for its approval, prepar- 
atory to their payment by the Treasurer, 



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Committee on Papers. 

IX. The Committee on Papers shall make suitable and timely ar- 
rangements for the papers to be read at the meetings of the Society, 
and report thereon from time to time to the Executive Committee. 

Committee on the Library. 

X. It shall be the duty of the Committee on the Library generally 
to superintend the interest of the Library, and execute all such duties 
therewith connected as may from time to time be committed to them by 
the Committee. 

Committee on Publications. 

XI. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Publications to exer- 
cise a general supervision of the publications of the Society, and perform 
such special duties therewith connected as may be from time to time as- 
signed to them by the Executive Committee. 

Committee on the Anniversary. 

XII. The Committee on the Anniversary shall be charged generally 
with the arrangements for its proper celebration. 

Committee on the Building. 

XIII. The Committee on the Building shall have the general super- 
intendence of the same, together with its appurtenances. 

Special Committees. 

XIV. All Special Committees shall consist of three members each, 
and be appointed by the Chairman, unless otherwise expressly ordered, 
and their reports shall be in writing. 

Ayes and Noes. 

XV. Upon the call of any member, the ayes and noes shall be re- 
corded. 

Quorum. 

XVI. At all meetings of the Committees, fivemembers shall consti- 
tute a quorum for the transaction of ordinary business ; but no appoint- 
ment to or removal from office, or alteration of the rules, or appropria- 
tion of money, excepting for the payment of ordinary bills, shall be 
made without a quorum of at least a majority of all the members of the 
Committee for the time being. 



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